Cell Metabolism
A section of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989).
Section Information
Cell metabolism sustains life in all living organisms and encapsulates the chemical reactions that facilitate the conversion of exogenous and endogenous small molecules into stored energy as ATP and the building blocks of new cells and tissues that include nucleic acids, amino acids, oligonucleotides, and proteins.
Metabolites publishes research that furthers our understanding of cell metabolism in a wide range of organisms and environments. It welcomes manuscripts which inform on the cellular basis of health and disease, metabolic mechanisms, energy transduction, pathophysiology at the cellular level, redox metabolism, interactions between cells and their environment, signaling linked to cells, metabolism related to subcellular compartments, and drug effects on cellular function. We are particularly interested in research using novel methods, techniques, and areas of application that shed new light on metabolism in cells.
Scope
Topics of interest include:
- Understanding fundamental cellular metabolic processes and functions
- Applications of metabolomics to understand cell metabolism
- Emerging technologies in metabolic research
- Disease metabolism in cells, including in cancer
- Identification of novel metabolites and metabolic processes, including oncometabolites
- Multiomic and systems biology approaches to understanding cellular metabolism
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Fat and Glucose Metabolism (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Metabolic Flexibility and Metabolic Engineering Associated with Health and Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Cell Death and Cancer Metabolism (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Cancer Metabolomics 2024 (Deadline: 25 February 2025)
- Reactive Oxygen Species and Energy Metabolic Alterations in Health and Disease (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Mechanistic Insights into Metabolic Interactions with the Tumor Microenvironment (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Mechanism of Metabolic Diseases (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Energy Metabolism in Brown Adipose Tissue (Deadline: 25 April 2025)
- Immunometabolism and Lung Fibrosis (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Amino Acid Metabolism and Function in Human Diseases (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Mitochondrial Metabolism in Health and Disease: A Clinical Perspective (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advancing Metabolite Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Disease: Discovery, Integration, and Therapeutic Potential (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Insights into Tumor Cell Metabolism and Epigenetics (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer: New Frontiers for Therapeutic Intervention (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Metabolomic Insights: Interplay between Metabolism and Immune Response in Cancer (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- The Molecular Cargo of Extracellular Vesicles: A Key to Understanding Their Biological Role (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Modulating Gut Microbiota and Host Interactions: The Role of Diet, Probiotics, and Circadian Rhythms (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Circadian System Associated with Lipid Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Neurometabolics in a Nutshell (Deadline: 20 November 2025)